List of supermarket chains
Supermarkets, past and present, include:
Transnational
Originating (HQ) country first. The rest in alphabetical order.
- A&P - US and Canada (Canadian operations recently sold to Metro)
- Aldi - Germany, Australia, Denmark, Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, US.
- Auchan - France,Hungary, Spain(as Alcampo), Italy, People's Republic of China (mainland) , Poland, Russia
- Carrefour - France, Argentina, Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, People's Republic of China, (mainland) , Colombia, Greece, Italy, Korea, Malaysia, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Republic of China (Taiwan), Thailand, Turkey, Cyprus
- Coop - Denmark, Norway, Sweden
- Co-op - UK, France, Italy, Netherlands , Switzerland, Turkey
- Costco - US, Canada, Mexico, UK, Korea, Japan, Taiwan
- Dunnes Stores - Republic of Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom
- H-E-B - US, Mexico
- Jumbo - Chile, Argentina
- Lidl - Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands,Poland Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom, , Cyprus
- Marks and Spencer - UK, Republic of Ireland, People's Republic of China (Hong Kong) , Romania, Thailand
- Metro Cash and Carry - Germany, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Netherlands, Serbia, Italy, Poland, Romania, Russia, Turkey, United Kingdom
- Netto - Denmark, Germany, Poland, Sweden, United Kingdom
- Northern - Canada, US (Alaska)
- Penny - Germany, Austria, Czech Republic. Hungary
- Ramstore - Turkey, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Macedonia, Russia
- Rimi - Norway, Finland,
- Ahold - the Netherlands. Owns numerous branch companies in the Czech Republic, Latin America, Poland, Portugal, Scandinavia, Slovakia, Spain, Thailand (Tops) and the US
- Safeway Inc. - US and Canada
- SPAR - Netherlands, Australia, Austria, Belgium, People's Republic of China (mainland) , Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mauritius, Namibia, Norway, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
- SuperValu - Republic of Ireland, Spain, United Kingdom
- Tesco - UK, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Turkey, People's Republic of China (mainland) , Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, Republic of China (Taiwan), Thailand (Tesco Lotus, a joint venture)
- VP Market - Lithuania
- Wal-Mart - US, Brazil, Canada, People's Republic of China (mainland) , Germany, Korea, United Kingdom (ASDA owned by Wal-Mart)
- Wellcome - People's Republic of China (Hong Kong), Republic of China (Taiwan)
- Winn-Dixie - US and Bahamas
[[Image:Template:Country flag alias Argentina|25x15px|Flag of Argentina]] Argentina
[[Image:Template:Country flag alias Australia|25x15px|Flag of Australia]] Australia
- Woolworths Limited
- Flemings (New South Wales only)
- Food for Less
- Safeway (Victoria only)
- Woolworths Metro
- Woolworths (outside Victoria)
- Pick 'n Pay
- Franklins (New South Wales only)
Former supermarkets
- Action Supermarkets (Queensland, Northern NSW, Western Australia only)
49 stores sold to and rebranded as Woolworths, remaining stores rebranded as IGA in 2006. - Clancy's
Rebranded as IGA in 2000 - Dewsons (Western Australia only)
Rebranded as IGA in 2006 - Fresco Supermarkets (New South Wales only)
All but one store were taken over and rebranded as Franklins in 2002. - Jack the Slasher Supermarkets
- Jewel Supermarkets
Broken up; many were rebranded as Franklins, Fresco and IGA in the late 90s. - Newmart (Western Australia only)
Rebranded as Coles in 2003. Some Stores sold to FAL and rebranded as Action. - Purity (Tasmania only)
Rebranded as Woolworths in 2002 - Roelf Vos (Tasmania only)
Rebranded as Woolworths in 2002 - Shoeys (New South Wales only)
Rebranded as Bi-Lo in 1987 - Super K Mart converted to Coles supermarkets and K Mart discount department stores in the early 1990's
- Tuckerbag
[[Image:Template:Country flag alias Austria|25x15px|Flag of Austria]] Austria
- Carrefour
- Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição
- CompreBem - owned by Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição
- Extra - owned by Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição
- Pão de Açúcar - owned by Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição
- Sendas - owned by Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição
- Lojas Americanas
- Sonda Supermercados
- Supermercados Bahama
- Wal-Mart
- CBA
- Familia
- Fantastico
- Ramstore
- METRO Cash and Carry
- Billa
- Piccadilly
- HIT
- ALMART
- Kaufland
- VP Market
- Constans markets
- Loblaws - also operates:
- Metro - also operates
- A&P Canada, Food Basics, Ultra Food & Drug
- The Barn
- Dominion Stores (Ontario)
- Loeb
- Super C
- Groupe GP(Quebec)[1]
- Sobeys - also operates
- Commisso's Food Markets
- Foodland
- Foodtown
- IGA
- Price Chopper
- Jim Pattison Group - operates
- Costco (formerly known as Price Club/Club Price)
- Fairway Market
- Farm Boy
- Miracle Mart (defunct Ontario supermarkets owned by Steinberg's; absorbed by A&P Canada in 1996 and converted to Dominion stores)
- Northern (chain of supermarkets operated by the Northwest Company in remote towns in Canada and Alaska)
- Starsky Foods Inc.
- Safeway Inc.
- Super A
- SuperValu
- Thrifty Foods
- T & T Supermarket
- c!ty'super
- CR Vanguard
- GREAT
- JUSCO
- Marks & Spencer (considered a department store in HK)
- PARKnSHOP
- Taste
- Sogo
- Wellcome
- Ahold with chains Albert and Hypernova. Took over chains Ahoj (2000 [7]), Julius Meinl (2005 [8]), Potraviny Vít.
- Billa
- Carrefour (in June 2006 Tesco took over its hypermatket chain[9])
- Delvita
- Globus
- Lidl
- Metro Cash and Carry with Makro wholesale chain
- Rewe with chain Penny Market
- SPAR with chain Interspar
- Tesco
- LokalBrugsen
- Dagli'Brugsen
- SuperBrugsen
- Fakta
- Kvickly
- Kvickly xtra
- Irma
- Netto
- føtex
- Bilka
- Rema 1000
- Spar
- Super Best
- Lidl
- Aldi
- K-Kauppa, includes Cassa, K Extra, K Pikkolo, K Market, K Supermarket and K Citymarket, part of Kesko Oyj
- Lidl
- SPAR
- S-Group - Prisma, S-Market, Alepa, Sale
- Tradeka - Siwa, Valintatalo
- Wihuri - Ruokavarasto, Sesto, Tarmo
- Auchan includes ATAC
- Aldi (German owned)
- Carrefour
- Casino- part of Groupe Casino
- Champion
- Coop
- Cora owned by Delhaize Group
- E. Leclerc
- Ed or Mr Ed
- Franprix
- G20
- Géant- part of Groupe Casino
- Ifaprix
- Inno
- Les Mousquetaires- includes Intermarché and Ecomarché
- Leader Price
- Lidl (German owned)
- Match- owned by Delhaize Group
- Monoprix
- Parunis
- Proxi
- Shopi
- Système U- includes Hyper U, Super U and Marché U
- Uniprix
- Aldi
- Edeka
- Kaiser's
- Kaufpark
- Krone
- Lidl
- Marktkauf
- METRO AG
- Minipreis
- Netto
- Norma
- co op (no longer exists)
- Plus
- Reichelt
- Rewe
- Safeway
- SPAR (Eurospar, Interspar)
- tegut
- Tengelmann
- Tip (no longer exists)
- Wal-Mart (has announced to pull out of the German market in July 2006)
See also List of Greek supermarkets
- Alpha-Beta Vassilopoulos
- Carrefour (French owned)
- Champion Marinopoulos
- Lidl - German owned
- Metro Cash and Carry - German owned (operates under the brand name Makro)
- Trofo (Tropho)
- Veropoulos, a division of Eurospar, also known as HellaSpar
- Sklavenitis an independent supermarket with significant market share
- Masoutis a large independent supermarket mostly known in the North of the country
Hong Kong
See the subsection under the People's Republic of China
- Auchan
- Coop (supermarket)
- CBA
- Delhaize - including
- Julius Meinl
- Kaiser's
- Lidl
- Metro Cash and Carry
- Penny Market
- Plus (supermarket)
- Real (supermarket)
- SPAR (and Interspar)
- Rotschild's
- Tesco
- 10-11
- Bónus
- Hagkaup
- Kronan
- Nóatún
- Nýkaup
- Samkaupa ehf, Hyrnan, Kasko, Nettó, Samkaup Strax, Samkaup Úrval
Mallz Dollar Stores* Mallz Dollar Stores - Discount Supermarkets
- Supplyco
- Maveli Stores
- Margin Free Market
- Bangalore Central
- Food World / Marks & Spencer
- Big Bazaar
- Trinethra Super Retail Ltd.
- Food Bazaar
- Nilgiris
- Apna Bazaar
- Subhiksha
- Abida Kabir Mart
- Alpha
- Carrefour
- Circle-K
- Giant
- Hero
- NAGA Pasar Swalayan
- Mallz (supermarket discount dollar store)
- Superindo
- Tiara Dewata
- Tujuh Sebelas
- Yogya
- Crazy Prices
- Dunnes Stores
- Quinnsworth
- Superquinn
- Tesco Ireland
- SuperValu
- Centra
- The Cope
- Marks and Spencers
- Aldi
- Lidl
- Auchan
- Bennet
- Coin
- Coop
- Conad
- Carrefour
- Despar
- Diperdi
- Esselunga
- Famiglia cooperativa
- Lidl
- GS
- Sma
- Standa
- Supermercati emiliani
- PAM (Piu A Meno)
- Panorama (Supermarket)
- Upim
- Unisuper
- Tediko
- Tinex
- Skopski Pazar
- Super Vero - a division of Greek Veropoulos
- Arteli
- Aurrerá
- Calimax
- Chedraui
- Comercial Mexicana
- Ley
- Supermercados Gigante
- H-E-B
- Supermercados Internacional
- Soriana-Hipermart
- Wal-Mart
- Albert Heijn (part of Ahold)
- Aldi
- Basismarkt (past)
- Boni
- C1000 (part of Schuitema, in turn largely owned by Ahold)
- Coop
- Deen (Noord-Holland)
- Dekamarkt
- Dirk van den Broek, Digros, Bas van der Heijden (all parts of Dirk van den Broek)
- Edah, Konmar, Super de Boer (all parts of Laurus/Casino Guichard/Casino)
- Golff, MeerMarkt, Attent (part of Prisma Food Retail)
- Hoogvliet
- Jan Linders
- Jumbo
- Lidl
- Metro Cash and Carry with Makro and Lukas Klamer wholesale chains
- Nettorama
- Plus
- Poiesz
- Spar
- Vomar
- A&P (past)
- Jac Hermans (past, now?)
- Shreyas Kothari Mall
- The Warehouse
- Kiwi Coop
- Big Fresh - owned by Progressive Enterprises
- Countdown - owned by Progressive Enterprises
- Foodtown - owned by Progressive Enterprises
- Price Chopper - owned by Progressive Enterprises
- Woolworths - owned by Progressive Enterprises
- 3Guys - owned by Progressive Enterprises
- SuperValue - owned by Progressive Enterprises
- Fresh Choice
- E-Pacs
- Check'n Save
- New World - owned by Foodstuffs
- Pak'n Save - owned by Foodstuffs
- Four Square supermarkets - owned by Foodstuffs
- Centra
- Coop Marked
- Coop Mega
- Coop Prix
- ICA Gourmet
- ICA Maxi
- ICA Nær
- ICA Supermarked
- Kiwi
- Lidl
- Matringen Fokus
- Meny
- Prix
- Rema 1000
- Rimi
- Rimi Stormarked
- Spar
- Ultra
- Mr.Precio
- Super Barú
- Super Xtra
- Super 99
- Supermercados Rey
- Supermercados Romero
- El Machetazo
- Poll Mart
- Super Tajonaso
- Kosher Market
- Econo Market
- Corporacion Wong
- Supermercados Peruanos
- Plaza Vea
- Vivanda
- Santa Isabel (owned by Censosud)
- Mass (Discount stores)
- Falabella
Former supermarkets
- Scala
Sold to and rebranded as Santa Isabel in 1993 - Super Markets
Rebranded as Super Epsa in the 60s - Super Epsa
Rebranded as Mercados del Pueblo - Monterey
Broken up; many were rebranded as Wong, Top Market, Maxi Market and Santa Isabel in the early 90s - Supermercados Todos
Broken up; many were rebranded as Wong in the early 90s - Tia
Rebranded as Globus in the early 90s - Mercados del Pueblo
Broken up in the late 80s - Makro
Broken up in the early 90s - Top Market
Sold to and rebranded as Santa Isabel in the late 90s - Maxi Market
Broken up; many were rebranded as Wong, Metro and Santa Isabel in the late 90s - Globus
Broken up in the early 90s - Supermercados Mass
Sold to and rebranded as Santa Isabel in the early 90s - Minisol
Rebranded as Mass in 2006 - Preco
Broken up in 2005, one store converted to Minisol
- Adler
- Auchan
- Avans
- Biedronka (Jeronimo Martins)
- Carrefour
- Castorama
- Hit
- Hypernova
- Intermarché
- Kaufland
- Kingfisher plc - Castorama and Nomi chains
- Komfort
- Leclerc
- Lidl
- METRO - Makro Cash and Carry, Media Markt, Real and Saturn chains
- Minimal
- Netto
- Office depot
- Plus
- PSB
- Ahold - Albert and Hypernova chains
- Selgros (Fegro/Selgros)
- Tesco
- Alisuper - Algarve only
- Carrefour - international chain
- Continente - owned by Sonae
- E.Leclerc
- Feira Nova - owned by Jerónimo Martins
- Intermarché/Ecomarché - owned by Les Mousquetaires
- Jumbo - owned by Auchan
- Lidl - international chain
- Minipreço - owned by Carrefour
- Modelo - owned by Sonae
- Pão de Açúcar - owned by Auchan, no longer related to the Brazilian supermarket with the same name
- Pingo Doce - owned by Jerónimo Martins
- Plus
- See United States
- Angst
- Billa - international chain
- Carrefour - international chain
- Cora - international chain
- G'market
- Interex - part of French Intermarche
- La Fourmi
- Mega Image
- Metro Cash and Carry - international chain
- Nic
- Profi
- Selgros
- Vox Maris
- XXL
- Supermarket Mara Focşani, Vrancea
See also Supermarkets in Romania
- 12 Mesyatsev (Russian: 12 месяцев — 12 Months)
- ABK (Russian: АБК)
- Azbuka Vkusa (Russian: Азбука вкуса — ABC of the Taste)
- Dixi (Russian: Дикси)
- BIN (Russian: БИН)
- Kopeyka (Russian: Копейка — Copeck)
- Kvartal (Russian: Квартал — Residential area, block of buildings)
- Lenta (Russian: Лента — Belt)
- Mosmart (Russian: Мосмарт)
- Paterson (Russian: Патерсон)
- Perekryostok (Russian: Перекрёсток — Crossroads)
- Pyaterochka (Russian: Пятёрочка)
- Ramstore (Russian: Рамстор)
- Sed'moy Kontinent (Russian: Седьмой континент — Seventh Continent)
- Univer-Export
- Rodić supermarkets
- Maxi supermarkets
- TEMPO Cash and Carry
- C-market
- Interex - part of French Intermarche
- Metro Cash and Carry - part of German Metro International
- Mercator - part of Slovenian Mercator
- Pekabeta
- Super Vero - a division of Greek Veropoulos
- Carrefour - international chain
- Cold Storage
- Isetan - Japanese chain
- Giant
- Jason's Supermarket
- NTUC Fairprice
- Shop 'n' Save
- 7-eleven
Sri Lanka
For full list, see Supermarkets in Spain
- Axfood
- Coop
- Other
- 7-Eleven
- BigC (a part of Groupe-Casino and Central Retail Corporation) group, includes
- Carrefour
- Central Food Retail (a part of Central Retail Corporation) group, includes
- Central Food Hall (New brand & concept in Dec 2005)
- Tops Market (New brand & concept in Apr 2006)
- Tops Daily (New brand & concept in May 2006)
- Tops Super (New brand & concept in Feb 2006)
- FamilyMart
- Fresh Mart
- Foodland
- Fuji
- Home Fresh Mart (a part of The Mall Group) group, includes
- Isetan
- Jusco
- Makro
- Tang Hua Seng group, includes
- Tesco Lotus (a part of Tesco UK) group, includes
- V Shop
- Villa
Defunct Supermarkets in Thailand
- Auchan (Branches in Thailand now changed and acquired by BigC)
- Central Food Retail, includes
- City Market by Tops (Branches now changed to Tops Daily)
- Market Place by Tops (Branches now changed to Tops Market and Central Food Hall)
- Tops@The Beach (Branches now changed to Tops Supermarket)
- Tops Market Place (Branches now changed to Market Place by Tops)
- Tops Supermarket (Branches now changed to Tops Super)
- Central Retail Corporation, includes
- Central Minimart (Branches now changed and acquired by FamilyMart)
- Central Supermarket (Branches now changed to Central Food Retail's brands)
- Central Superstore (Branches now changed to BigC Supercenter)
- Robinson Market Place (Branches now changed to Central Food Retail's brands)
- Food Lion (Branches in Thailand now acquired by Central Food Retail, changed to Tops Supermarket)
- Tang Hua Seng, includes
- Super T (Branches now changed and acquired by Delhaize Group, changed to Food Lion)
- The Mall Group, includes
- Extra Supermarket (Branches now merged with Delhaize Group, changed to Food Lion)
- Seiyu Group, includes
- Seiyu (Branches in Thailand now acquired by Jusco Thailand)
- Sunny (Branches in Thailand now acquired by Delhaize Group, changed to Food Lion)
- Spring Market (Branches now closed in Thailand)
- Tesco Lotus, includes
- Tesco Lotus Discount Store (Branches now changed to Tesco Lotus Supercenter)
- Tesco Lotus Supermarket (Branches now changed to Talad Tesco Lotus)
- Beğendik
- BİM
- Canerler
- Çankaya
- Carrefour
- ChampionSA
- DiaSA
- Endi
- Gima
- İsmar
- Kiler
- Tesco Kipa
- Makro
- Maxi
- Metro
- Migros
- Özdilek
- PM
- Real
- Stop
- Şok
- Tansaş
- Yimpaş
- Abu Dhabi Cooperative Society
- Spinneys
- Abela Supermarket
- Emirates Market
- Al Ain Cooperative Society
- Al Mushrif Cooperative Society
- Bani Yas Cooperative Society
- Union Co-op
- LIFCO Supermarket
- Choithram's Supermarket
- Safestway
- Al Madina
- Lulu Supermarket
- Shaheen Supermarket
- Al Maya Lal's Supermarket
- Carrefour
- Géant
- Hyperpanda
- Le Marché
For full list, see Supermarkets in the United Kingdom
United States and U.S. territories
For full list, see Supermarkets in the United States
- BigC (a part of Groupe-Casino)
Source
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